Definitions for gretchen
gretchen

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1. Gretchennoun

   of German origin; a pet form of Margaret.

2. Gretchennoun

   Heroine of the play Faust by Goethe.

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1. Gretchen

   Gretchen (German: [ˈɡʁeːtçən] (listen), English: GRETCH-ən; literal translation: "Little Grete" or "Little Greta") is a female given name of German origin that is mainly prevalent in the United States. Its popularity increased because a major character in Goethe's Faust (1808) has this name. In German, the Gretchenfrage ("question by Gretchen"), derived from Faust, is an idiom for a direct question that aims at the core of a problem and that should reveal the intentions and mindset of the questioned. The question is usually inconvenient to the questioned since he or she shall confess to something crucial he or she was intentionally or unintentionally vague about before. In German-speaking countries, Gretchen is not a common stand-alone given name but rather a colloquial diminutive form of Grete (Greta), which itself is a short form of Margarete. It fell out of use when the popularity of the latter two names declined in the 20th century.

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1. Gretchen

   Maria Odete Brito de Miranda, known as Gretchen is a Brazilian singer. She became notorious as the Rainha do Bumbum in the late 1970s. Her stage name was taken from 1976 film Aleluia, Gretchen that tells the story of a German Brazilian immigrant family.

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1. Gretchen

   the German diminutive for Margaret, and the name of the guileless girl seduced by Faust in Goethe's tragedy of the name.

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1. GRETCHEN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gretchen is ranked #116829 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gretchen surname appeared 149 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gretchen.
   
   87.2% or 130 total occurrences were White.
   4% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   4% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gretchen in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gretchen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of gretchen in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   You know, Gretchen Whitmer knew about it months in advance. But you know what, if we can get good PR from it, we can pretend like it's real.

2. Jewell Jones:

   I run y’alls’ budget, when I call Gretchen, I’ll need y’all IDs and badge numbers, everything.

3. Charlize Theron:

   From afar it looks like Charlize Theron have nothing in common -- obviously, I'm a liberal and a lot of these women have said things that have been deeply upsetting to me, but at the same time, as a woman, understanding what each of them went through and understanding what Megyn Kelly was facing, especially in those two weeks where she didn't step forward and she didn't support Gretchen [ Carlson ], that's when I emotionally tapped into her because I started to see similarities between Charlize Theron, dare I say that.

4. Tudor Dixon:

   Gretchen Whitmer continues to take cues directly from her union bosses who shut schools down, kept our kids locked down at home longer than necessary, and created an education crisis in our state. She stood on the debate stage and blatantly lied that Michigan schools were only closed down for 3 months, her running-mate Garlin Gilchrist even had the audacity to say we must first take care of the adults in our education system - total disregard for kids and parents.

5. Governors Association spokesman Chris Gustafson:

   Gretchen Whitmer’s wanton disregard for the rules and transparency surrounding her secret vacation to Florida raises serious ethical concerns for Michiganders and ensure that the turbulence is not far behind her, whitmer’s abuse of a slush fund and possible benefit at taxpayers’ expense will not fly with Michigan voters when they vote to fire the damn governor next fall.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gretchen
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gretchen
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Gretchen
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html